British fireship 'Dolphin' (1666)
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Dolphin
3935
Nominal Guns
4
B028
Nationality
Kingdom of England
Operator
Royal Navy
Purchased
1666
B028
Shipyard
Unknown
B028
Category
Unrated
B028
Ship Type
Fireship
B028
Sunk as Blockship
11.6.1667
BWAS-1603
Dimensions
Dimension
Measurement
Type
Metric Equivalent
BWAS-1603
Length of Keel
64' 0"
Imperial Feet
19.5072
Breadth
20' 6"
Imperial Feet
6.2484
Depth in Hold
9' 6"
Imperial Feet
2.8956
Draught Aft
9' 8"
Imperial Feet
2.9464
Burthen
143
Tons BM
Crew Complement
Date
# of Men
Notes
Source
1666
30
BWAS-1603
1 Ship Commander
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
1.9.1666
-
11.6.1667
Captain
Leonard Harris
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1642-1671
B051
Service History
Date
Event
Source
3.6.1665
Battle of Lowestoft
11.6.1667
Scuttled as a blockship off Mussell Bank in the Medway
BWAS-1603
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
B028
Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I
J. J. Colledge
,
Book
B051
Biographia Navalis - Volume I
John Charnock
,
Digital Book
BWAS-1603
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714
Rif Winfield
,
Book
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